Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance Part 4 4-6 Section 24 Cap. 593 recipients as to the source of such messages, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine and to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person initiates the transmission of a commercial electronic message from a telecommunications device, service or network without authorization if— (a) he initiates the transmission of the message from that telecommunications device, service or network by any means or in any manner; (b) he is not entitled to initiate that transmission; and (c) he has not been authorized to initiate that transmission by any person who is entitled to authorize him to initiate the transmission. 24. Falsifying header information in multiple commercial electronic messages (1) A person who— (a) materially falsifies header information in multiple commercial electronic messages that have a Hong Kong link; and (b) knowingly initiates the transmission of such messages from a telecommunications device, service or network, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine and to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) but subject to subsection (3), a person materially falsifies header information in a commercial electronic message if he falsifies, alters, conceals, deletes or withholds any information in such manner as to impair the ability of the recipient of the message, a telecommunications service provider processing the message Last updated date 2.8.2012